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International Horizons March 27, 2023

Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right but...

US Lies and Media Reporting in the 2003 Iraq War

Louis Charbonneau

Hosted by International Horizons
In this episode of International Horizons, journalist and UN director of Human Rights Watch Louis Charbonneau describes the US's government misinformation campaign to justify its invasion of Iraq in 200 …

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African Studies March 24, 2023

Breakup

A Marriage in Wartime

Anjan Sundaram

Hosted by Susan Thomson
Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning journalist who has written three books on African people and places: Democratic Republic of Congo in Stringer, Rwanda in Bad News and now Central African …
Journalism March 20, 2023

Borderland

Decolonizing the Words of War

Chrisanthi Giotis

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Every two seconds a person is displaced, caught in one of the more than 40 active conflicts around the world that show no sign of ending. Since 1994, there has …
Human Rights March 16, 2023

Taking Sides

A Memoir about Love, War, and Changing the World

Sherine Tadros

Hosted by Nicholas Bequelin
Taking Sides: A Memoir about Love, War, and Changing the World (Scribe, 2023) is a personal memoir by Sherine Tadros, the United Nations Representative and Deputy Director of Advocacy for …
Global Media & Communication March 15, 2023

The Ethics of Engagement

Media, Conflict and Democracy in Africa

Herman Wasserman

Hosted by Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang
Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our host Yuval Katz discusses the book The Ethics of Engagement: Media, Conflict and Democracy in …
Economic and Business History March 12, 2023

Birth of Modern Facts

How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments and Businesses

James W. Cortada

Hosted by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo
For over twenty years, James W. Cortada has pioneered research into how information shapes society. In Birth of Modern Facts: How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments and Businesses …
Journalism March 6, 2023

The Los Angeles Review of Books

A Conversation with Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke

Michelle Chihara and Annie Berke

Hosted by Caleb Zakarin
Today I talked to Michelle Chihara, Editor-in-Chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books and Annie Berke, the Film Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books. We talked about book reviewing in …
Philosophy March 1, 2023

Bias

A Philosophical Study

Thomas Kelly

Hosted by Robert Talisse
The concept of bias is familiar enough, partly because it is deployed frequently and in different contexts. For example, we talk about biased jurors, biased procedures, biased laws, biased decisions …
Academic Life February 28, 2023

Who Gets Believed?

When the Truth Isn't Enough

Dina Nayeri

Hosted by Christina Gessler
Why are people judged on whether or not they are compelling? Why isn’t telling the truth enough? What are people really listening for when others share their truths? And how …
Human Rights February 23, 2023

The Proof

Uses of Evidence in Law, Politics, and Everything Else

Frederick Schauer

Hosted by Rine Vieth
In a world awash in “fake news,” where public figures make unfounded assertions as a matter of course, a preeminent legal theorist ranges across the courtroom, the scientific laboratory, and …
American South February 15, 2023

Labor Journalism, Farmworkers, and Reynolds Tobacco

A Discussion with Journalist Victoria Bouloubasis

Victoria Bouloubasis

Hosted by Southern Labor Studies Association
Journalist Victoria Bouloubasis discusses her career reporting on agricultural and food labor in North Carolina, her approach to labor journalism, and how she uses histories in her work. "A North …
The Future of . . . with Owen Bennett-Jones February 11, 2023

The Future of the News

A Discussion with Roger Mosey

Roger Mosey

Hosted by Owen Bennett-Jones
What is the future of news? In the twentieth century Western-educated journalists championed impartial, unbiased news – which always seemed rather odd as everyone agreed it wasn’t possible for journalists …
Critical Theory February 8, 2023

Humanitarian Journalists

Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone

Martin Scott and Kate Wright

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How can the news better reflect important global issues? In Humanitarian Journalists Covering Crises from a Boundary Zone (Routledge, 2022), Drs Martin Scott, an Associate Professor in Media & Development …
Peoples & Things February 7, 2023

“Tech” Journalism and the Many Lives of Stewart Brand

A Discussion with John Markoff

John Markoff

Hosted by Lee Vinsel
Journalist John Markoff has been writing about Silicon Valley for over forty years. In this interview with Peoples & Things host Lee Vinsel, Markoff talks about his long career, how …
Politics & Polemics February 7, 2023

Christopher Hitchens

What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters

Ben Burgis

Hosted by Zalman Newfield
In Christopher Hitchens: What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters (Zero Books, 2022), Ben Burgis reminds readers about what was best in Hitchens's writings …
Global Media & Communication February 4, 2023

Platforms and Cultural Production

Thomas Poell, David B. Nieborg, and Brooke Erin Duffy

Hosted by Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang
Hello, world! This is the Global Media & Communication podcast series. In this episode, our co-hosts Aswin Punathambekar and Jing Wang discusses the book Platforms and Cultural Production (2021) by …
Postscript January 26, 2023

Postscript: Narrative and Influence Activities in the Russo-Ukraine War

Jordan Miller

Hosted by Lilly Goren
For almost a year now, we have been absorbing news and information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. There are a variety of different, or competing, narratives to explain and …
How to Be Wrong January 23, 2023

The Editor and Humility

A Conversation with the NYT's Peter Catapano

Peter Catapano

Hosted by John Kaag and John Traphagan
In this episode we talk with New York Times Opinion Section Editor Peter Catapano, who has edited and published more than 1,000 pieces in The Times and worked with thinkers …
Biography January 20, 2023

Tough Guy

The Life of Norman Mailer

Richard Bradford

Hosted by Daniel Moran
Twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, firstly in 1969 for The Armies of the Night and again in 1980 for The Executioner's Song, Norman Mailer's life comes as close as …
Scholarly Communication January 17, 2023

Improvisation and Communication

A Discussion with Laura Lindenfeld of the Alan Alda Center For Communicating Science

Laura Lindenfeld

Hosted by Daniel Shea
Listen to this interview of Laura Lindenfeld, Executive Director of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science. We talk about how improvisation helps people communicate for real. Laura Lindenfeld …